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The Moon on Friday, July 28, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on July 28, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Friday 28 July 1950371,501 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 28, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
371,501 km230,840 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1950 is on Saturday, July 29, 1950 at 04:18 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 15, 1950 at 05:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, July 22, 195010:50
Full Moon (after)Saturday, July 29, 195004:18

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Friday, July 28, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1950 to the new moon of August 13, 1950, a cycle of 29.49 days.